Sunday, August 29, 2010

Mailbox Re-Vamp

I wanted to share a little project I completed this afternoon. My old mailbox was in pretty sad shape, so I purchased a new one at Lowe's. Nice and clean, but oh so boring!

Months ago I purchased the Cricut Design Studio, but have never had time to play with it to figure out how to use it, so I figured this was the perfect chance to try it out.

First I cut planned out the branches and cut them out of two different colors of brown vinyl (Oh My Crafts has vinyl packs at great prices). It was a little tricky to place these on the mailbox smoothly, so next time I would definitely use the transfer paper.

Then, after re-sizing them on my laptop, I cut a couple of different birds and leaves.

Here's the finished product---I really love it!



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jabblog said...

That is so attractive and unique, too. You'll be the envy of the neighbourhood.

Jama said...

Nicely done! ours here are the boring grey, it's at the bottom of the apartment, and no one is allowed to decorate them. I

JJB said...

So so so so cute!!! Remember that old basket we used to use!!

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